So I can use the subscript 2 and you can see that it puts the 2 there below.

This is typically used in mathematical equations and chemical formulas.

You can use the baseline adjustments in many apps, special superscript and subscript characters, commonly-recognized symbols, and the equation editor in Pages.

What are these Well, if you dont know Superscript is when text is above the baseline.

So youre going to say seven squared youd have the 2 there raised up.

Here I am in TextEdit and Im going to show you one of the most basic ways but it also takes a lot of steps and can be a little frustrating.

The squared part.

Now I am using Rich Text formatting here in TextEdit.

But Im not done yet because all it does is raise the 2 up over the baseline.

But it doesnt look really good because the two is still the same size as the seven.

If I change it too much, like youd think maybe going half would be just fine, then it doesnt look good.

If I wanted to make that subscript instead then instead of going to Font, Baseline, and Superscript I would do Subscript and put it down below.

Now typically when you see in nicely typed set things superscript or subscript done this way its also Bolded.

So whether or not its subscript or superscript bolding it kind of makes it look a little bit better.

Then you may want to adjust and play with the font size a little bit.

Sometimes you want to get it just so the number kind of lines up with the top there.

So you have lots of different options, lots of different steps.

There are special characters for numbers that are superscript and subscript.

So Ill type 7 but Im going to get a special character the same way I would get any special character or emoji.

Im going do Control, Command, and Space to bring up the Character Selector.

You can see theres a bunch of numbers here and a few other things.

That kind of thing.

So lets use the 2 here and you can see it puts a 2 there.

So if youre doing a formula and you need to spell out a word or something or put like C or W or some other variable as the superscript then its not going to work as well.

Notice that, of course, once I use this I get it there in my Frequently Used list at the top so its a little bit easier to type.

Mac Excel Command For Subscript